Jean-François Fortin

Jean-François has worked in business financing since 1998. After joining Desjardins in 2001, he gained deep experience in business financing, particularly in the form of unsecured loans and equity since 2011 at Desjardins Capital. As Associate Vice-President, Investments, since March 2022, Jean-François supports investment managers in developing tailored financing structures to carry out growth, acquisition and business transfer projects. Jean-François also serves in an advisory role to investment managers, helping them monitor projects of partner companies and develop solutions to address their business challenges

What Jean-François Fortin can do for you

With his deep experience and sharp business sense, Jean-François proposes tailored and innovative financing solutions, and offers advisory services that factors in clients’ own reality.

Qualifications

Jean-François holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a specialization in finance from Université Laval.

What would an entrepreneur say about you?

That I have the success of their business at heart, I act as a true partner by taking the time to understand their reality and support them in realizing their projects.

What great business story inspires you?

Camso, a Québec business that we supported for over 30 years, for its growth strategy that made it a world-class flagship company as well as for its human and entrepreneurial values that guided its owners until its sale in 2018.